Match-safe.



R. H. TATLOW. in.

MATCH SAFE. APPLICATION FILED APR.22, 1914.

1,139,919. Patentd May18,1915.

RICHARD HENRY TATLOW, JR., OF DENVER, COLORADO.

. .MATCI-I-S'AFE.

i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD HENRY TAT-V Low, Jr., a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Safes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in match safes and moreparticularly to safes of the type-shown and described in United agas-range to use a fresh match each time a burner was lighted. y v

The object of my present invention 1s to construct a suitable receptaclefor the depositing of the burnt or used matches and from which one ormore of the same may conveniently be removed and, upon lgnitmg V thematch from a lighted burner, use the flame thereof to lightadditionalburnerson Y a gas-stove. By' thus utilizing the burnt or used matchesafter one burner of a gas-stove has been lighted great economy ofmatches is possible.

Another object of my improvement is to construct a match safe so thatthe fresh or unused matches may be conveniently removed and which owingto its novel con struction will always disclose to the observer thequantity of fresh matches stored therein. Still'another object is toconstruct a receptacle of this character that is economical tomanufacture, having a minimum of parts to get out of order, and which iscompact in its arrangement of parts. I

The above and other objects-I accomplish by the means and in the mannerhereinafter fully explained and as more particularly pointed out in theclaims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, form-.

ing a part of this specification, wherein similar reference charactersidentify corresponding parts in, the various figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved match safe or receptacle;Fig. 2 is a transverse horizontal section thereof taken on line 22 ofFig. 1; Fig. 3 is a transverse Specification of Letters fatent.

vertical section ofFig.1. V 7 Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 represent the'front and rear walls respectively of my improved match safewhich are provided at each end with parallel end-walls 3 that arearranged at substantially right angles to the plane offsaid front andrear'wall'sl A suitable bottom 4 is provided that com'- prises a plateextending from end-wall to thereof taken on line 3-3 wall where it isupturned to form a shallow tray 5 extending across substantiallythe en.-tirelength of'said receptacle.

The interior of the. receptacle is prefer-v ablydivid'ed transverselyinto two. vertical 7 Patented May 18, 1915.1 Application filed April 22,1914. Serial no. 833,582.

compartments by a vertically disposed wall or partition 6 that, extendsfrom the top to the bottom of the receptacle and has its] lower edgeportion provided with an'exten' sion 7 that projects beyond the verticalplane i of thefront wall 1 and inclines downwardly toward and mergesinto the outer edge of the I tray 5, substantially as shown. 1

The lower portion of the front wall 1 is preferably cut away a shortdistance above elongated opening through which access may be had to theinterior and at a point substantially in the center of width of thelefthand 35 compartment the lower edge of the front wall is recessed asshown at 8. The central portion ofthe front wall in front of the lyingon the tray 5 fallingofl the ends thereof.

Atop or cover 10 hinged along its rear edge I to the upper edge of therear wall closes the upper end of each compartment and the the bottomof'the receptacle to form the right hand compartment is preferably pro?v same is providedwith a circular or other opening 11 above theleft handcompartment. When in use a box of matches, from which the cover portionhas been removed,

is slid into the right hand compartment so that the open portion of saidbox will face the slot 9'in the front wall. The cut away lower edge ofsaid front wall permits of the removal of the matches whenever desired65 end-walland fromjthe rear-wall to the front- I and after said matcheshave been used they are dropped into the other compartment through theopening 11 in the cover. However, when it is desired to light anotherburner on the gas-stove one of these burnt.

matches may easily be picked up oflf the tray 5 in. front of thecut-away portion of the front wall, the extension 7 of the dividing wallor partition preventing the mining of the used and unused matchesresting on the tray.

For the purpose of providing asuitablestriker for'the unused matches,small strips of sand paper or other abrasive material 00 are secured tothefront and" SlClGWlllS-Oftlifi) or similar device:

Having thus described my inventionwhat I claim as new and desire t'osec'ure' by- Letters Patent, is

1. A device 01 the kind specified compris ing a substantiallyrectangular receptacle divided transversely by a vertical partitionintotwo compartments, the lower portions oi the front walls. of" both ofwhich are cut away in substantially the same horizontal plane, a traydisposed across the entire width of said receptacle below the cutawayportions of said compartment-s, a cover for said receptacle providedwith an opening above one of said compartments, and the front wall ofthe. opposite compartment provided with means whereby the interiorthereof is dis closed.

2. A match-safe comprising two compartments disposed sideby side oneofwhich is adapted to receive a box of matcl'res, a covertherefor-provided with an openingabove the compartment next thematch-box compartment, both: of said oompartmentshaving the lowerportions of'their front walls cutaway in substantially thesame'horizontal plane,

and a laterally disposed tray common to both-compartments extendingacross the entire width of said match-safe below the plane of thecutawayportions of the front wallsthereof.

In testimony'whereo'fl afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses:

RIGHARDHENRY TATLOWV, JR. Witnesses:

G. TATLoW, A. SPRIGGL Copies of" this? patent may be obtainedforfivewencs each,- byrad'tlressingither 'Gommissioner:ofa'Patents,

Washington, D. G.

